Chapter Summaries

Chen Mu fought Ren Changsheng and Wu Qianqiu, but the Saint Corpses of Ren Changsheng’s formation overwhelmed him until the awakened Yin Five Elements Legion emerged from his inner world. After the specters helped break the formation, Chen Mu killed Wu Qianqiu and turned to attack Ren Changsheng.

• Chen Mu struggled against Ren Changsheng and Wu Qianqiu, while Wu Qianqiu accused Ren Changsheng of holding back.
• Ren Changsheng unleashed twelve Saint Corpses in the Twelve Heavenly Capitals Divine Baleful Formation, forcing Chen Mu onto the defensive as his Spirit Magnetic Waves faltered.
• Chen Mu discovered that Shi Xing and five thousand specters had awakened in his inner world and let them join the battle as the Yin Five Elements Legion.
• The spectral army broke Ren Changsheng’s formation by tearing apart one Saint Corpse, freeing Chen Mu to attack Wu Qianqiu.
• Chen Mu used the Eight Trigrams Dunjia Array to refine Wu Qianqiu’s body, then joined the spectral army in attacking Ren Changsheng.

After defeating Wu Qianqiu and driving off Ren Changsheng, Chen Mu learned that the Yin Five Elements Legion had become powerful ghosts and could not be brought back to life. He offered to take them to the Nether River to reincarnate, but they chose to stay by his side.

• Chen Mu trapped Ren Changsheng with the Eight Trigrams Dunjia Array, and Ren Changsheng sacrificed three Saint corpses to escape.
• Chen Mu dismissed Shi Xing and the ghost army, then refined Wu Qianqiu's inner world and returned to Zemeng City.
• The Manju Sacred King told Chen Mu that the dead could not be revived, but the soldiers could be cleansed by the Nether River and enter reincarnation.
• Chen Mu reunited the ghost soldiers with their grieving families and offered to take any willing soldiers to the Nether River.
• Shi Xing reported that the Yin Five Elements Legion had unanimously decided to remain with Chen Mu instead of reincarnating.

Chen Mu expanded the Manju Imperial Court’s power, then prepared to test his cross-realm teleportation array after Mingye emerged from seclusion. He left Mingye to lead the forces against the Asura Imperial Court and set up an array to return to the Pan Emperor Continent.

• Chen Mu promised Li Wei and the five thousand ghost warriors they could leave his service whenever they wished and enter reincarnation.
• Chen Mu defeated Ren Changsheng’s forces, conquered the Extreme Evil Imperial Capital, and expanded the Manju Imperial Court’s territory in half a year.
• Mingye emerged from seclusion after comprehending the first layer of the Netherworld Scripture and gaining control of the Netherworld Pearl.
• Chen Mu and Mingye agreed to test the cross-realm teleportation array, but they and the Manju Sacred King abandoned an attack on the Asura Imperial Palace after sensing a weapon that could threaten Sacred Kings.
• The Manju Sacred King chose to gradually take Asura territory, while Mingye stayed behind to lead the troops and Chen Mu prepared to travel to the Pan Emperor Continent through the teleportation arrays.

Chen Mu returned to the Pan Emperor Continent after more than two years away and discovered that its Heavenly Dao had changed. Unable to contact Taichu, he headed for the imperial capital and searched the Spirit Network for news about what had happened.

• Chen Mu recalibrated the spaceship’s time and confirmed that his trip through the wormhole had taken thirty-seven hours and twenty minutes.
• Chen Mu saw the Pan Emperor Continent from space, reached its world membrane, and flew to the spatial rift near Nether Luo Mountain.
• Chen Mu emerged near Nether Luo Mountain and sensed that the rules of the Heavenly Dao had become more complex.
• Chen Mu headed toward the Chen Kingdom’s imperial capital and tried unsuccessfully to contact Taichu through a spirit-magnetism base station.
• Chen Mu searched the Spirit Network and pieced together an overview of events on the Pan Emperor Continent during his absence.

While Chen Mu returned to the Chen Kingdom, he learned that the Haotian Imperial Family and the Heavenly Puppet Sect were attacking its capital. The city was under siege as Chen Kingdom warriors fought back with powerful Rune Artifacts.

• The Chen Kingdom expanded across Yi Province, West Ge Province, and much of Jing Province while the Abyss Devil Race retreated and the Haotian Imperial Family reclaimed territory from other factions.
• The Haotian Imperial Family tried to reclaim the Chen Kingdom’s lands, but Taichu thwarted its secret ambushes, and A Huo defeated Wen Dao and killed several War Emperor Palace experts after Wei Shuang and Chen Duo were detained.
• The Heavenly Dao rules began to recover after a pillar of light appeared in the Haotian Imperial Palace, and Chen Mu suspected the change was connected to the weakening barrier left by the God-Slaying God.
• As Chen Mu approached the capital in a space battleship, heavenly soldiers and Heavenly Puppet Sect disciples attacked the city from two directions.
• Chen Kingdom warriors used Rune Artifacts to fight the attackers, and one warrior formed a Spirit Particle Cluster Sword that frightened a Heavenly Puppet Sect disciple.

The Heavenly Puppet Sect and Heavenly Court continued their siege of the Chen Kingdom’s imperial capital, while Chen Hongjie’s forces retreated to the palace and relied on formations, firearms, and costly resistance. As Wang Xian'an and two Saint Level elders battered the palace barrier, Taichu, Chen Hongjie, Chen Duo, and others reinforced it from within.

• A Heavenly Puppet Sect disciple tried to flee by flying, but Chen Kingdom soldiers shot him down and killed him; Heavenly Court troops then attacked, leaving only three of the six Chen soldiers alive.
• Chen Hongjie evacuated the capital’s residents and concentrated the Chen Kingdom’s defenses at the imperial palace as the outer city became a deadly battlefield.
• Wang Xian'an and two grand elders attacked the palace’s protective barrier for more than ten days but could not break it.
• A grand elder remarked on the Chen Kingdom’s rapid rise and fierce resistance, while Wang Xian'an insisted it was doomed for opposing the Heavenly Court.
• The siege passed half a month, costing nearly a million Chen Kingdom soldiers and seventy to eighty thousand Heavenly Puppet Sect disciples, including nearly a thousand King Level cultivators.
• Taichu, Chen Hongjie, Chen Duo, and others gathered at the palace formation’s core to reinforce its barrier against the Saints’ attacks.

As the Chen Kingdom’s imperial capital fell and its defenses ran low, Chen Hongjie ordered an evacuation aboard the newly built Saint Fighter. The battleship attacked Wang Xian'an and the other Heavenly Puppet Sect Saints as it prepared to leave, but they survived and fought back.

• Chen Hongjie ordered the imperial palace evacuated despite Chen Duo’s protest over the million soldiers in the outer city, and he refused Taichu’s suggestion to destroy the palace’s remaining wealth.
• Chen Hongjie activated the Saint Fighter, and Chen Duo boarded after vowing to avenge the fallen by destroying the Heavenly Puppet Sect.
• Chen Hongjie joined the evacuation aboard the battleship and fired its Saint-Slaying Cannon at Wang Xian'an, who emerged from the blast with only minor injuries.
• Wang Xian'an called on the other Saints to attack as the palace defenses fell, and the Saint Fighter opened fire on them.
• The three Saints targeted the battleship’s bow, but Chen Hongjie blocked Wang Xian'an’s flames with his Imperial Dragon Qi while the Saint Fighter continued its assault.

Chen Hongjie abandoned the battle after the Chen Kingdom soldiers urged him to escape, swearing revenge on the Heavenly Puppet Sect. Wang Xian'an stayed behind to kill the trapped soldiers while the sect’s elders worried about the consequences of Chen Hongjie’s oath.

• Taichu warned Chen Hongjie that the battle was draining fuel, so Chen Hongjie tried to withdraw in the Saint Fighter warship.
• Wang Xian'an threatened to turn the Chen Kingdom soldiers into living corpse puppets, provoking Chen Hongjie to attack him again.
• Chen Kingdom soldiers urged Chen Hongjie to leave and declared their loyalty over the public channel, and Chen Hongjie swore to destroy the Heavenly Puppet Sect before finally escaping.
• Hong Qianyong asked Wang Xian'an how to handle the remaining soldiers, and Wang Xian'an ordered the three Saints to begin clearing the city.
• Wang Xian'an used his domain to seize soldiers hiding in a building and crushed dozens of them to death.

Chen Mu returned to the Chen Kingdom’s fallen imperial capital and fought the Heavenly Puppet Sect’s three Saints while his legions battled the heavenly soldiers. The Saints formed the Heaven and Earth Three Talents Formation to kill him.

• Chen Hongjie told Chen Mu that the imperial capital had fallen and that A Huo was missing in the Ancient Desolate Mining Area after the Teng Snake awakened.
• Chen Mu revealed his Saint Level domain, and Chen Hongjie turned his Saint Fighter around to return to the imperial capital with him.
• Wei Yuchen led the Ding Battalion’s heavenly soldiers toward Chen Mu’s spacecraft, and Chen Mu unleashed five thousand specter warriors against them.
• Chen Mu confronted the three Saints after seeing the slaughtered people of the Chen Kingdom and attacked them, but their fight reached a stalemate.
• Wang Xian'an and the two supreme elders joined their Qi and formed the Heaven and Earth Three Talents Formation against Chen Mu.

Chen Mu used the Eight Trigrams Dunjia Array to defeat the Heavenly Puppet Sect’s three Saints and secure the Chen Kingdom’s imperial capital. The battle ended with the sect’s forces nearly wiped out, while several hundred Heavenly Soldiers escaped under a divine golden light.

• Chen Mu trapped Wang Xian'an, Wei Xiaofan, and Hong Qianyong inside the Eight Trigrams Dunjia Array and attacked them with his Heavenly Stems War Soldiers.
• Chen Mu killed Hong Qianyong and Wang Xian'an, then defeated Wei Xiaofan, who died through Dao Dissolution.
• Chen Hongjie rescued the Chen Kingdom’s defenders and led the soldiers in driving back the Heavenly Puppet Sect’s disciples, while Wei Yuchen escaped with several hundred Heavenly Soldiers.
• Chen Mu ground down Hong Qianyong’s and Wang Xian'an’s inner worlds to prevent their rebirth, and the Chen Kingdom celebrated its victory.
• Chen Duo teased Taichu for advising her to self-destruct, and Taichu retorted that the outcome had been nearly impossible to predict.

After the imperial capital was secured, Chen Mu traveled to the Ancient Desolate Mining Area to find A Huo and discovered him recovering inside an Amethyst Ore Mother. A Huo had survived his battle with the Teng Snake, and Chen Mu reunited with him as the serpent remained trapped in the sword formation.

• Chen Hongjie assigned Chen Duo to restore the Spirit Magnetic Wave base stations, while Chen Mu learned that the other battlefields were no longer in danger.
• Chen Mu hugged Chen Duo goodbye and promised to bring A Huo back safely before flying toward the Ancient Desolate Mining Area.
• Chen Mu entered the purple mist and found the Teng Snake trapped in a sword formation, with Nangong Feng overseeing it.
• Chen Xuejun told Chen Mu that A Huo had forced a breakthrough to Saint Level to fight the Teng Snake and had nearly died from his injuries.
• Chen Xuejun explained that A Huo was healing inside an Amethyst Ore Mother, which could restore him and strengthen his body.
• Chen Mu checked A Huo’s condition, praised Chen Xuejun’s work, and A Huo opened his eyes to greet him.

Chen Mu killed the weakened Teng Snake and returned to the Chen Kingdom’s devastated imperial capital. With A Huo recovering and the Ancient Desolate Mining Area becoming safe, Chen Mu began preparing to restore and improve the city.

• Chen Mu drove off the restraints on Teng Snake, then killed him with one blow and took his inner core.
• Chen Mu left Teng Snake’s corpse to Chen Xuejun and told A Huo to recover at the Ancient Desolate Mining Area before returning to the palace.
• Chen Mu returned to the imperial capital and mourned that he could not preserve the souls of the fallen soldiers.
• Chen Mu reassured Chen Hongjie that A Huo was safe, then went to the Rune Research Institute to enter his research into its central server and plan new technologies for the capital.

Chen Mu contacted White Turtle about the changes on the Pan Emperor Continent and learned that the Heavenly Court might target his clan if its God-Slaying Bloodline was exposed. Five months later, amid growing unrest and powerful factions preparing for conflict, Chen Mu continued strengthening the Chen Kingdom and working on a teleportation array to the Netherworld.

• Chen Mu used the ancient talisman paper to contact White Turtle, who said he had learned of the changes on the Pan Emperor Continent but was still seven or eight months away.
• White Turtle warned Chen Mu that the changes were connected to the Heavenly Court, which would try to destroy the Chen Clan if it learned they inherited the God-Slaying God's power.
• Chen Mu agreed to keep the bloodline connection secret and reflected that he had delayed activating his clansmen's bloodlines; he planned to have Xuejun help research them at the Rune Research Institute.
• Over the next five months, the Esoteric Sect joined with the Buddhist Sect to form the True Esoteric Buddhist School, while the Temple gathered demonic beasts in the Wilderness and prepared them for war.
• Chen Mu and A Huo protected the Chen Kingdom from powerful challengers as Chen Mu upgraded Rune Technology and worked to build a teleportation array to the Netherworld.

Chen Mu confronted Haotian Empire envoy Gao Bu at the Chen Kingdom palace and accepted an imperial edict summoning him to Central Province. He told Chen Hongjie he would set out soon to investigate unusual events and seek allies against the Heavenly Court.

• Chen Mu arrived at the palace after Chen Hongjie told him that a Haotian Empire envoy had requested a meeting.
• Chen Mu insulted Gao Bu and threatened to fight when the envoy demanded that the Chen Kingdom submit to his authority.
• Chen Hongjie backed Chen Mu and ordered Gao Bu to leave, but Chen Mu restrained him when he unleashed pressure on the ministers.
• Gao Bu revealed Haotian's edict summoning Chen Mu to meet Long Bo in Central Province before winter, and Chen Mu accepted it.
• After Gao Bu left, Chen Mu told Chen Hongjie he planned to travel to Central Province soon to investigate strange events and seek allies against the Heavenly Court.
• Chen Hongjie asked whether Chen Mu wanted to take A Huo with him.

Chen Mu left the Chen Kingdom with the Little White Fox and visited He Luo, the demon who had cared for her, to ask how he traveled between planes. He Luo was astonished that Chen Mu had reached the Netherworld using an ancient star map, and his reaction left Chen Mu waiting to learn about a safer route.

• Chen Mu arranged matters with Chen Hongjie, then agreed to take the Little White Fox with him when he departed.
• The Little White Fox told Chen Mu that her distant relative, He Luo, lived nearby, so Chen Mu decided to visit him and thank him for caring for her.
• Chen Mu and the Little White Fox flew by spaceship to He Luo’s mountain residence in the Wilderness.
• Chen Mu thanked He Luo and asked how he traveled between planes.
• Chen Mu explained that he had used a spatial rift and an ancient star map to reach the Netherworld, and He Luo reacted with disbelief at his boldness and luck.

Chen Mu learned from He Luo that the Heavenly Court controlled the Ancient Star Road Passage and charged cultivators exorbitant prices to use it. Their discussion ended with He Luo warning that the Pan Emperor Continent’s restored rules could invite powerful Outer Realm Devil Gods, while he and Chen Mu grew closer over their shared hostility toward the Heavenly Court.

• He Luo told Chen Mu that the Haotian Empire controlled the Ancient Star Road Passage in Central Province.
• He Luo explained that the Heavenly Court charged ten World Crystals per passage to Saint Level cultivators and a hundred to those below Saint Level.
• He Luo described three ways to travel: join the Heavenly Court, mine in forbidden zones, or risk exploring the void for starry sky coordinates.
• Chen Mu asked why cultivators did not build another cross-realm passage, and He Luo explained that the Heavenly Court would suppress them and that such arrays required rare skill and vast resources.
• He Luo warned that the Pan Emperor Continent’s improving rules could eventually let gods enter and trigger another upheaval.
• Chen Mu and He Luo discussed other planes, and their bond strengthened after He Luo learned Chen Mu opposed the Heavenly Court.

Chen Mu visited the Wilderness Divine Temple and asked Feng Tianqing why it had suddenly emerged. Feng Tianqing revealed that the Heart of Pan Emperor was about to appear and the Temple was preparing for the coming war.

• Chen Mu bid farewell to He Luo, gave him a communication Rune Artifact, and flew deeper into the Wilderness with Little White Fox.
• Chen Mu reached the Wilderness Divine Temple and met Feng Tianqing, who apologized for the Temple's past attack on Chen Village.
• Chen Mu asked Feng Tianqing about the world's recent changes and the Temple's sudden emergence.
• Feng Tianqing led Chen Mu into the Temple, where he met Venerable Su Banhuai and Venerable Li Chuanmin.
• Feng Tianqing told Chen Mu that the Heart of Pan Emperor was about to appear and the Temple was preparing for war.

Chen Mu learned that the Heart of Pan Emperor was exposed to growing danger as the Primordial Heavenly Realm weakened and could collapse within decades. He also suspected his father, Chen Haoran, and God-Slaying God were connected to the realm’s earlier closure, then thanked the Wilderness Divine Temple representatives and left.

• Chen Mu asked Feng Tianqing how the Heart of Pan Emperor had reemerged, and Feng Tianqing said its seal had broken more than thirty years earlier.
• Su Banhuai and Li Chuanmin explained that the Primordial Heavenly Realm had expelled outside forces after the World Tree contracted, but its power had begun leaking into the Pan Emperor Continent about a year ago.
• Li Chuanmin warned that the Heavenly Dao had weakened and the Primordial Heavenly Realm would likely collapse within a few years or decades, exposing the Heart of Pan Emperor to outside races.
• Su Banhuai and Li Chuanmin said the Heavenly Court’s rulers called themselves the Celestial Person Race and might oppress the continent’s natives even more if they gained the Heart of Pan Emperor.
• Chen Mu connected the realm’s earlier closure to his father Chen Haoran’s journey to the Ancient Battlefield at God-Slaying God’s summons, then thanked the three Temple representatives and invited them to visit his Chen Kingdom.

Chen Mu learned that Little White was likely a Mutated Heavenly Fox with both Heavenly Fox and Heart Devil Fox bloodlines, and the Temple Venerables gave her gifts. As Chen Mu returned to the Chen Kingdom, he examined her new Saint artifact and planned to study it while preparing for the Heart of Pan Emperor's appearance.

• Li Chuanmin asked Chen Mu about Little White, and Feng Tianqing concluded she was likely a Mutated Heavenly Fox born from Heavenly Fox and Heart Devil Fox bloodlines.
• Chen Mu reassured Little White that she was his daughter and promised to protect her if either fox race came after her.
• Li Chuanmin gave Little White a damaged Saint artifact, while Su Banhuai gave her a cultivation manual and Feng Tianqing gave her three spirit pills.
• After Chen Mu left, Feng Tianqing regretted attacking Chen Village, and Li Chuanmin and Su Banhuai encouraged him to move on.
• On the way back to the Chen Kingdom, Chen Mu planned to tell Chen Hongjie about the Heart of Pan Emperor and redirect the Rune Research Institute's studies.
• Chen Mu examined Little White's Golden Rope, detected traces of divine presence, and used the Eye of Runes to collect its data.

Chen Mu repaired the Golden Rope and helped Little White begin refining the restored Saint artifact. He then traveled to the King of Mountains' Residence, where he met Kong Yu and learned the Sword Guardian Demon Hunting Corps had volunteered to fight the Abyss Devil Race at the border.

• Chen Mu repaired the Golden Rope, restoring its Saint-level power and triggering heavenly phenomena.
• Chen Mu urged Little White to refine the Golden Rope, and its artifact spirit merged with her without resistance.
• Chen Mu returned briefly to the Chen Kingdom, made arrangements with Chen Hongjie, and set out for the King of Mountains' Residence in Yi Province.
• Chen Mu admired the border fortifications Wei Shan had built to defend the Chen Kingdom from the Abyss Devil Race.
• Chen Mu arrived at the King of Mountains' Residence and met Kong Yu, who explained that the Sword Guardian Demon Hunting Corps had transferred there to hunt demons.